The skeleton is made from Lego Bionicle bits and the rest is from a AMT/ERTL D8H model kit. The kit has been carefully cut into hundreds of pieces to fit onto the skeleton. My goal has been to keep the bulldozer parts in the same relative area as the G1 Bonecrusher design. Trying to find a pleasing middleground between the G1 design and the movie aesthetic.

So far, I'm having a lot of fun with this build. Very challenging. Still have loads to do before he goes to paint. Still have lots of parts from the dozer kit to add to the legs and torso (including more treads and the hydraulics). And I always save the head for last.

Anyway, thanks for taking a look. I hope to post more work in progress pics as I near completion.

Interesting work from you as always. Concept works, the silhouette is good. Some nice stuff going on with the detail and lines of the arms, chest and upper legs. Feet seem a bit undefined somehow, however (tho the back of the lower leg is good). Something unresolved about the design there.

Interesting work from you as always. Concept works, the silhouette is good. Some nice stuff going on with the detail and lines of the arms, chest and upper legs. Feet seem a bit undefined somehow, however (tho the back of the lower leg is good). Something unresolved about the design there.

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Feet and legs are not finished. Still have lots of dozer parts to add. My goal is always to hide as much of the lego stuff as possible while retaining articulation. Hope resolve the remaining issues soon.

This looks incredibly pleasing. I assume the translucent head is just a placeholder ?

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Yep. I always try to save the head for last. Still lots to do before I tackle that part. In the meantime, I'm collecting useful bits for when I do get to it. Gonna use parts from the dozer cockpit, found items and sculpting.

This looks great, and it's good to see you back into things You've got a style all your own.

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Haven't really been "out of things". Just haven't taken any pics of anything I've been working on for quite some time. I guess these little projects do take me a bit longer to finish these days now that we have a new baby (our 2nd) to keep us busy. I get to spend 20 minutes here, an hour there on stuff like this, which is just fine. Good "down time" fun. Typically, these projects take a month or so to finish. Still the case most of the time, it's just spread out over time. The size, weight and number of parts for Bonecrusher adds some time too. I did a lot of work on making sure the underlying structure was sound enough so he doesn't collapse under his own weight.